LatamEnergy: US Embargo on Cuba Hinders Response to Gulf SpillMNI NewsBut the scenes last year of the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon accident, that took months to shut down, have pulled the curtain back on an unexpected danger: an oil spill in Cuban waters within sight of Florida …

Rove Revives Myth That Obama Was "Uninvolved" In Response To BP Oil SpillMedia Matters for America (blog)From today's America Live: ROVE: Take a look at BP, for example, the oil spill in the gulf. It took him 55 days from the oil spill until he finally sat down with — met with an expert who knew what the heck was going on in the Gulf of Mexico. …and more »

Coast Guard Updating Oil Spill Claim Procedures in Response to Deepwater HorizonHSTodayThe Coast Guard has made adjustments to its claims processing procedures for disasters of the scope of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and it intends to finalize those new procedures in official guidance next week, according to congressional …More plead guilty to defrauding oil spill claims fundal.com (blog)all 3 news articles »

New Wash. law aims to improve oil spill responseThe Seattle TimesThe bill signed Wednesday requires the state Department of Ecology to evaluate and update planning standards for oil spill response equipment every five years. It also increases the civil penalties for vessels that unlawfully discharge oil into state …BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Wildlife Update: Bluefin TunaAudubon Magazine (blog)The Best Writing on the BP Oil SpillTreehuggerThe Obama administration has made us less energy independentDaily CallerThePopTort –RollingStone.com (blog) –CNN (blog)all 6,151 news articles »

Testing times await disaster response unitsFinancial TimesMatthew Snyder, manager of Gulf of Mexico Upstream Research for Wood Mackenzie, the energy research firm, said: “The oil spill response plan for the industry needed to be updated. Both the industry and the government were not prepared for a spill of …Oil-spill control could bring new businessDaily CometOil companies' new Gulf drilling plans called inadequateMcClatchy Washington Bureauall 17 news articles »

FACTBOX-BP's oil spill cleanup response in numbersReutersN) deepwater Macondo well ruptured in the Gulf of Mexico, killing 11 workers on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig and spilling more than 4 million barrels (168 million gallons/636 million liters) of crude oil into the sea. It took three months for the …and more »

Gulf of Mexico oil spill response should be focused, engineering professor saysNOLA.comThe latest detailed analysis of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico offers no new theories on what caused the deepwater-well blowout in April, but it does bring a fresh take on how the oil industry and …As One-Year Anniversary Approaches, Congress Should Direct Fines From BP Spill …Huffington PostGulf oil spill panel offers recommendations for offshore drilling in ArcticMiamiHerald.comHastings plans to offer bill to get gulf 'back to work'Oil & Gas JournalUPI.com –Platts –TheCelebrityCafe.comall 97 news articles »